Bio

I’m a Postdoctoral Scholar at Oregon State University working out of the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station in Riverdale, Utah. My research is focused on producing carbon-equivalent estimates of radiative feedbacks (warming effects) associated with the albedo change that results from forest growth, reforestation, and afforestation. Additionally, I’m assisting the operationalization of carbon reporting tools based on data from NASA’s GEDI mission. During my PhD I studied a blend of statistics, GIS, and (a bit of) forest ecology while I worked on methods for leveraging open data to produce maps and estimates of forest biomass and carbon at local scales relevant to management. In broad academic terms I’d say this makes me a geographer, but practically speaking I spend most of my time doing spatial data science.

Education

SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry | Syracuse, NY

Ph.D. in Environmental Science | August 2019 - May 2024

Tufts University | Medford, MA

B.S. in Computer Science | August 2013 - May 2017

Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar | Oregon State University | August 2024 - present

Research Assistant | SUNY ESF, CAFRI | August 2019 - present

Data Engineer | Lightkeeper, LLC | August 2017 - July 2019